Bigger Thomas (Major Literary Characters)
Bigger Thomas, principal character in Richard Wright’s novel Native Son (1940), a 20-year-old Black man living in a rat-infested Chicago slum who accidentally kills his white employer’s daughter and then kills his girlfriend to prevent her from telling the police.
Bigger Thomas, principal character in Richard Wright’s novel Native Son (1940), a 20-year-old Black man living in a rat-infested Chicago slum who accidentally kills his white employer’s daughter and then kills his girlfriend to prevent her from telling the police.
Bigger Thomas, principal character in Richard Wright’s novel Native Son (1940), a 20-year-old Black man living in a rat-infested Chicago slum who accidentally kills his white employer’s daughter and then kills his girlfriend to prevent her from telling the police.
